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August 24, 2009: Chad Ochocinco To Box Andre Berto?

 
August 24, 2009
Chad Ochocinco To Box Andre Berto?

"I'm fighting Andre berto. He wants to fight me. I mean he wants to fight me for real. I don't know. Maybe we do something for charity or something." - Chad Ochocinco

Chad loves to talk, but then again, he did race a horse for charity back in 2007 -- and won. Who knows, maybe he can give WBC welterweight champ Andre Berto a run for his money too.

- Jeff

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submitted by SportsRssFeed  on August 23, 2009 (Deadspin)


Chad Ochocinco has spent a few months of his off-season time training in boxing gyms, and now he's talking about launching a pro career. He's gone so far as to call out WBC Welterweight champion Andre Berto.

The feud began as a war of words between the two parties, only to be escalated when Ochocinco called Berto out through the press.

"So when I get in the ring and knock out (welterweight champ Andre) Berto, and people are like, 'I didn't know Chad could fight,'" he said to us, "I just told you."

Berto, a dynamic young fighter determined to be boxing's next crossover star, saw the comments and fired back with aplomb...

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